Brig, this whole story was hysterical! The folks above are right: the Shiva line is pure gold, and I loved the way you play with language: where [the pizza box] spins a few turns before easing to a fragrant stop, elderly red sweat pants...you've got an ability to put a fresh spin on dated imagery, and this whole story felt like a unique and slightly off-kilter version of an F/K courting fic, complete with a fantastic and stuttered declaration from Fraser, and Ray's characteristic, "Yeah, sure, you love me, but the important thing is..." I adore that kind of matter-of-factness, and the interaction between these two, and that Fraser bought yellow Marguerites (on the advice of Dief, naturally). So funny and sweet and silly!
And Brig, you know how much I love your writing, and I can't wait to meet you in person and tell you all about how and why, exactly, you blow my fragile little mind. TWO WEEKS, Brig! I cannot wait! Thank you so much for the fantastic birthday fic, and for being such a talented author and an all-around awesome human
Two weeks? What's in two weeks? Oh wait, you mean the Bitchin' Party? Oh dear. Sweetie, I'm not going to be there. Wish I could, but I can't make it. *pouts* I can haz no Nos. Bummer.
BUT I am ever so pleased that you enjoyed your Birthday Story! W00t! *\o/*
Ray is a total dork and a goof, but he's a practical goof. One of the two of them needs to be, y'know?
I do love the natural off-kilterness of Due South. Sometimes I wonder if the Pauls - especially Paul Gross - has read a lot of PG Wodehouse. I mean, that would explain a lot, wouldn't it?
Awww, what? You're not coming to BP? I totally thought you were! Big-time bummer *sadface* And my little blunder kinda rubbed salt in the wound, too. BUT. There will be more cons in the future, and you will attend, right? Right! (See, positive thinking!)
And yes! I think the PG Wodehouse connection makes a lot of sense, actually. Fraser really is a Wodehouse-ish character. And so's Ray, for that matter. Huh. Nicely spotted!
This is such a fresh and perfectly Fraser explanation for the completely LOONY chances he takes. Brilliant.
"But Ray," Fraser pleads, "there were miscreants, and they were getting away!"
Clearly Fraser thinks this is all he needs to say.
"Why do you keep doing that?" Ray flails again, his wiry arms wide in a unique semafore, expressing Ray In Distress.
Yay! Canon tie-in bit so hilarious.
Fraser licks his lower lip fretfully. The lingering scent of vanilla on Ray is delicious, but if Fraser mentions it, Ray will very probably rip his head off.
mmmm.
"'Oh you kid,'" Ray reads aloud.
See, actually I think that's incredibly romantic. For Fraser. :)
Ray blinks rapidly. "You're romancing me?"
Fraser shuffles backward and scrubs at his left eyebrow. "Yes?"
Hahah I see this perfectly and it fills me with such the glee.
Fraser can feel himself grinning like a loon. "If I promise to be good, do I get a cookie?"
Silly Fraser, he gets himself all emotionally twisted around, like a dog leashed to a pole, and then Ray has to come untangle him.
Or something like that.
"'Oh you kid,'" Ray reads aloud.
See, actually I think that's incredibly romantic. For Fraser. :)
It is! I mean, they started making those little hearts back around 1900, and I think in the '20's is when "Oh you kid," meant you thought somebody was all that. So even though it's not the quote Fraser was looking for, I really liked it for him.
Ha! Brilliant. I love the wooing-within-wooing Fraser is doing here, the traditional trappings only brought out now, at other people's suggestion, to appease Ray. You used so many funny and clever turns of phrase here, and you pulled off the romance beautifully. Angry!Ray was practically jumping off the screen! Hee! Great fun, and a lovely gift for Nos. Glad the rest of us get to read it, too!
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Apparently, I've done my job satisfactorily. *cackles gleefully*
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And Brig, you know how much I love your writing, and I can't wait to meet you in person and tell you all about how and why, exactly, you blow my fragile little mind. TWO WEEKS, Brig! I cannot wait! Thank you so much for the fantastic birthday fic, and for being such a talented author and an all-around awesome human
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BUT I am ever so pleased that you enjoyed your Birthday Story! W00t! *\o/*
Ray is a total dork and a goof, but he's a practical goof. One of the two of them needs to be, y'know?
I do love the natural off-kilterness of Due South. Sometimes I wonder if the Pauls - especially Paul Gross - has read a lot of PG Wodehouse. I mean, that would explain a lot, wouldn't it?
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And yes! I think the PG Wodehouse connection makes a lot of sense, actually. Fraser really is a Wodehouse-ish character. And so's Ray, for that matter. Huh. Nicely spotted!
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And... Huh, indeed. Fraser and Ray as Wodehouse characters. Hmm. *ponders*
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Fraser shuffles backward and scrubs at his left eyebrow. "Yes?"
*loves*
And the rest of it, too.
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Poor Fraser, he's so bad at this! But Ray will make it better. :)
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This is such a fresh and perfectly Fraser explanation for the completely LOONY chances he takes. Brilliant.
"But Ray," Fraser pleads, "there were miscreants, and they were getting away!"
Clearly Fraser thinks this is all he needs to say.
"Why do you keep doing that?" Ray flails again, his wiry arms wide in a unique semafore, expressing Ray In Distress.
Yay! Canon tie-in bit so hilarious.
Fraser licks his lower lip fretfully. The lingering scent of vanilla on Ray is delicious, but if Fraser mentions it, Ray will very probably rip his head off.
mmmm.
"'Oh you kid,'" Ray reads aloud.
See, actually I think that's incredibly romantic. For Fraser. :)
Ray blinks rapidly. "You're romancing me?"
Fraser shuffles backward and scrubs at his left eyebrow. "Yes?"
Hahah I see this perfectly and it fills me with such the glee.
Fraser can feel himself grinning like a loon. "If I promise to be good, do I get a cookie?"
EEEE! Flirty Mountie!
What a swell prezzie for Nos!
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Silly Fraser, he gets himself all emotionally twisted around, like a dog leashed to a pole, and then Ray has to come untangle him.
Or something like that.
"'Oh you kid,'" Ray reads aloud.
See, actually I think that's incredibly romantic. For Fraser. :)
It is! I mean, they started making those little hearts back around 1900, and I think in the '20's is when "Oh you kid," meant you thought somebody was all that. So even though it's not the quote Fraser was looking for, I really liked it for him.
And YAY for Nos's Birthday! \o/!!
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Fraser doesn't have a whole lot of experience with wooing, poor fellow. But he gets by with a little help from his friends. ;D
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